Rail-securing device



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' i UNITED STATES SAMUEL JACKSON,

OF OXFORD, OHIO.

RAIL-SECURING DEVICE.

Application filed February 3, 1926. Serial No. 85,766.

The object of this invention is to provide improved means for securing a rail to a tie, and to effect this result by employing a metallic tie having sockets formed on the upper portion thereof, and combined rail clamping means and wedges adapted to grip the rail and engage the aforesaid sockets.

A further object is to provide a plurality of devices, adapted to brace the rail from opposite sides thereof, and to efiect intimate and positive contact with the tie, so that danger of displacement from any cause is obviated, the securing means being nevertheless detachable when desired, and being capable of prompt attachment, when again placing them inposition;

A further object is to provide a metallic railsupporting structure which will afford the necessary elasticity, but without the necessity of providing wooden ties.

A further object is to avoid the use of separate plates, between the surface of the ties and the base of the rails.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel constructionandarrangement of elements described, illustrated and claimed, it being understood that modifications may be made within'the scope of the claims, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming part of this application, v

Figure 1 is a top plan view, showing the rails of a track, mounted on one of the ties,

by means of the devices herein disclosed.

Figure 2 is a view in vertical section, transversely through the rail and longitudinally of the tie, a portion of the latter being broken away.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the rail securing devices, which combinesa brace, an element of a clamp, and a wedge member.

Figure 4 shows the tie partly in side elevation and partly in vertical longitudinal section;

The tie may be cast as one piece, and includes the upper portionlO, the sides 11, end member such as 12, and a bottom or base 13. The side elements 11 may be apertured as shown at 14, in order that the core may be removed after casting. I

The upper element 10 of the tie is formed with four transversely extending socket de vices, each including ears or the like 16 these devices being elongated so as to extend for nearly the full width of the tie, as in Figure 1.

While particular reference has been made to a metallic tie, the rail securing devices may also be mounted on a tie molded of concrete or cement. The walls of the channels 17 between the elements 16 may be tapered,

or rather may converge in the manner illust-rated in Figure 1, in dotted line, so that the wedge elements of the rail securing devices may have effective contact therewith.

The rail 18 includes a web portion 19 and a base 20, and the latter rests on the portion 10 of the upper part of the tie, between two adjacent socket portions, the rail being. firmly held in this position by the combined elements described below.

The elements of the clamp are designated C and C, and each includes a web portion or brace 22, a downwardly deflected portion 23, and a wedge shaped element- 24, adapted to enter the socket formed between each pair of ears or lugs 16. The face 25 of each clamp abuts the web 19 of the rail and is to be forced into direct contact therewith and the upper flange 26 outwardly deflected, rests against the under side of the head of the rail 18. A curved lower edge 29 contacts with the rail at the point between the web thereof and the base, and when the element C or C is held within the sockets previously referred to, the rail is securely held against lateral movement and against vertical movement, and is nevertheless permitted moderate v movement incident to vibration, by reason of the bridging element 22. The wedge port-ions 2% on opposite sides of each of the rails are forced into position from opposite sides of the tie, as shown in Figure 1, in order to effect the most positive clamping operation possible.

What is claimed is:

1. A device of the class described, comprising a web portion, a wedge member formed thereon and having a base approximately parallel with the web and adapted to extend transversely of a tie, and a rail engaging element carried by the opposite end of the web portion to that which carries the wedge element, said rail engaging member comprising a middle portion adapted to en gage the web of a rail, and an upper flange adapted to contact with the under side of the head of the rail, the base and rail engaging reference to the tie and the flange of the rail;

2. The combination" with "a railway tie carrying socket members on the upper slde thereof, of a rail mounted between the socket members, and a plurality of clamping de vices adapted to engage the rail from opposite sides thereof and adapted to engage the socket members, the rail engagmg members eachincludinga wedge shaped device, a poris partly supported, oppositely located clamping devices thus formed producing an arch-shaped structure.

SAMUEL JACKSON. 

